Development raises concern that health crisis in Brazil is spreading

A Houston-area woman who traveled in November to El Salvador has been diagnosed with the Zika virus, public health officials said, raising concern that the mosquito-borne illness linked to a health crisis in Brazil could spread through the Americas.

The woman contracted the virus during the trip to the Central American nation and visited a doctor after returning to the U.S. with a rash, joint pain and muscle aches, said Umair Shah, executive director of the Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services department...